Mexico row: players threatened with missing World Cup | OneFootball

With the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada just over a month away from kicking off, the national teams are in the final stretch of preparation, and one of them is Mexico, one of the hosts, which will play three friendlies against Ghana, Australia and Serbia. In the last few hours, a major controversy erupted with threats from head coach Javier Aguirre to leave several players off the squad list.

The coach called up 20 players from Liga MX for the training camp, which will begin this Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. (Mexico time), while the tournament is in its final stages, given that the quarterfinals will be played between Saturday and Sunday. However, the conflict broke out when El Vasco gave special permission only to Toluca players to be absent, since they are playing in the Concachampions semifinals.

Given this situation, several teams asked for their players to be released for the knockout matches in the domestic tournament, and the Mexican Football Federation issued a strong statement indicating that anyone who does not report to camp will be left out of the World Cup.

Mexico National Team statement

As published last Tuesday, April 28, 2026, the Mexico National Team training camp for the three preparation matches against Ghana, Australia and Serbia, and for the World Cup, will begin this Wednesday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m. with the 20 LIGA MX players called up by head coach Javier Aguirre.

All players must report to the High Performance Center in Mexico City. By instructions of the coaching staff, any player who does not report to camp today will be left out of the World Cup.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.